RELEASED Python 2.4.3, release candidate 1

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python
community, I'm happy to announce the release of Python 2.4.3
(release candidate 1).
Python 2.4.3 is a bug-fix release. See the release notes at
the website (also available as Misc/NEWS in the source
distribution) for details of the more than 50 bugs squished
in this release, including a number found by the Coverity
Scan project.
Assuming no major problems crop up, a final release of
Python 2.4.3 will follow in about a week's time.
For more information on Python 2.4.3, including download
links for various platforms, release notes, and known issues,
please see:
http://www.python.org/2.4.3/
Highlights of this new release include:
- Bug fixes. According to the release notes, at least 50
have been fixed since 2.4.2.
Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.4) are
available from the Python 2.4 page, at
http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html
On a personal note, according to my records this is the 25th
release of Python I've made as release manager.
So enjoy this silver anniversary release,
Anthony
Anthony Baxter
anthony at python.org
Python Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)